When should you hire dedicated developers?

Not every software assignment requires the same technical profile. A web platform may need strong backend expertise, while a mobile product can require a different technology stack. Other projects may involve API development, database work or extensive testing.

When you hire dedicated developers, the technical profiles can be matched to the software and assignments at hand. This makes it possible to extend an existing development setup or create additional capacity around a new application.

The client supplies the requirements, specifications and functional input for the work. Developers then focus on building the agreed functionality and technical components.

This model can also fit agile development. In that situation, the client provides roles such as the product owner and scrum master and determines the priorities within the backlog. The developers concentrate on converting those priorities into software.

Case: accelerating a customer application

Additional developers for a growing backlog

A company operates a customer application that has grown from a relatively simple portal into an important part of its daily service. Several new features have been approved, but the internal development team is already occupied with maintenance and existing releases.

Dedicated developers are added to work specifically on the new development backlog. One developer builds additional account functionality, while another works on the services that exchange data between the application and the company’s existing software.

As these components become available, testing is performed before they are included in upcoming releases. The internal developers can meanwhile continue working on their existing responsibilities.

After the first set of features is completed, the additional capacity moves to the next items on the backlog. This creates extra development capacity around the application without changing the organisation’s own functional ownership of the product.